Decode the secret code on the 11,000-year-old pendant

The 11-thousand-year-old pendant was discovered by archaeologists in Yorkshire (England) with mysterious symbols.

The mysterious symbols engraved on a 11,000-year-old pendant found in Yorkshire county have revealed that the ancient Mesolithic people 's living area (who lived in the Middle Stone Age) had use a system of straight lines of different lengths to represent phenomena that are too different forms.

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The 11,000-year-old pendant was found in Yorkshire (England).

The object is found in Star Carr, a mid-rock archaeological site in North Yorkshire, England, which is believed to hold ceremonies with the dance of prehistoric shamans.

After three years of excavation, in addition to the pendant, archaeologists also found other items such as 21 hats in wonder rituals and red deer skulls.

Evidence of the "survival" of shamanic traditional society in North Asia and elsewhere uses similar symbols to show that the lines on the pendant are meant to symbolize a large number of children. objects, possibly red deer, were killed in hunting.

Some other lines on the pendant can be used to perform some songs and dances while performing rituals of the hunters group when they bring back a dead deer.

Anthropologist, Professor Peter Jordanm, a leading scholar of shamanism and spiritualism of the University of Groningen, Arctic Center in Holland shared: "In Shamanism and animism, hunting is a very important and spiritual activity ".

The dancing and other practices of bringing a dead animal to the village not only celebrate the fruits of the hunt, but also to welcome the animal (considered by them a "god" ) to the human community. they also consider customs as an ethical duty for animals and for its strong protection soul.

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System drawings of lines of different lengths with " mysterious codes" on the 11,000-year-old pendant.

According to scientists, this is the first time the object dates tens of thousands of years with mysterious codes like pendants found in England.

Archaeologist, Professor Nicky Milner of New York University, who led the work at Star Carr, said the pendant was a different object from all the objects they were looking for at this point. see so far in England. Duncan Wilson, managing director of Historic England, commented that this was an "unbelievable discovery" in Britain.

The pendant is on display at the Yorkshire Museum in York along with hunting items from 11,000 years ago found at the excavation site.